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Analysing monetary policy communication in South Africa
Katrien Smuts
In monetary policy communication, every word carries weight. Consider this scenario: the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) articulates its stance to anchor inflation expectations , yet this message undergoes subtle transformations when translated by the...
April 2024
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Is South Africa caught in a fiscal trap?
Hylton Hollander and Roy Havemann
Over the past decade, the interest rate that South Africa pays on its debt has consistently been above the economic growth rate. Mathematically, this means that debt grows as a percent of GDP. It becomes...
March 2024
Macro-fiscal analysis
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Media Advisory: SA-TIED Policy Dialogue
SA-TIED
Media Advisory ‘FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE’ EUROPEAN UNION FUNDING AGREEMENT SIGNING AND POLICY DIALOGUE Members of the media are invited to attend the second in a series of Southern Africa...
March 2024
Climate and energy
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SA-TIED Working Paper gains media traction
SA-TIED
An SA-TIED Working Paper was recently spotlighted in Business Times . Authored by Roy Havemann and Hylton Hollander, the article critically examines South Africa's fiscal landscape over the past decade, exploring key challenges faced by...
March 2024
Macro-fiscal analysis
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Data access for economic growth in Africa
Aimable Nsabimana and Abena Larbi-Odam
Sub-Saharan Africa has abundant natural resources and a substantial market, with an estimated population of 1.2 billion . The population is projected to grow by nearly 80% and reach almost 2 billion people by 2043...
February 2024
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Gender pay gaps on the rise in South Africa
Michelle Pleace, Matthew Clance, and Nicky Nicholls
New analysis of income data in South Africa shows the gender pay gap—how much more men earn than women—has increased. According to findings from a study conducted on the SA-TIED programme, in 2021, women in...
January 2024
Public revenue
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High wage inequality in South Africa – are employers to blame?
Shakeba Foster
South Africa ranks as the world’s most unequal country by income. This is largely due to high wage inequality, given that wages are the main income source for the majority of the working population. Exploring...
January 2024
Labour market and inequality
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What has happened to the personal income tax base since 2011?
Andrew Donaldson
Introduction Personal income tax is the primary revenue source in South Africa’s fiscal system. Its buoyancy in the context of slow and declining economic growth over the past 13 years has resulted in part from...
December 2023
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Supporting African policymaking through data access initiative
SA-TIED
To support evidence-based policymaking across southern and east Africa, UNU-WIDER, in collaboration with the National Treasury of South Africa, the Spatial Economic Activity Data South Africa (SEADsa), and the SA-TIED programme, successfully organized a capacity...
December 2023